Caroline de Oliveira Saad Gattaz, better known as Carol Gattaz (born July 27, 1981), is a Brazilian volleyball player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the Women's tournament, winning a silver medal. Gattaz won the World Grand Prix three times in a row.
Early career
Gattaz was born in São José do Rio Preto. Before playing volleyball, as a teenager, Gattaz played futsal, defending her city's club América-SP, where she played as a striker. Still in high school, she started playing volleyball.
Career
Gattaz, who plays as a middle blocker, started her career defending São Caetano, then moved to Rexona-Ades in 2000. After leaving Rexona-Ades in 2001, she played for several clubs, before joining Finasa/Osasco in 2004, when she won the Superliga Brasileira de Voleibol, she left the club after the 2006–2007 season. In 2007, she moved to Italy, where she played for Monte Schiavo, returning in the following season to Brazil, to defend Rexona-Ades again. In 2011-2012 she played for Volei Futuro from Brazil.
National team
Defending the national team, she won the South American Women's Volleyball Championship in 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009 and the World Grand Prix in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Personal life
She is openly lesbian.
Awards
Individuals
- 2005 South American Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2009 South American Championship– "Best Blocker"
- 2009 South American Club Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2009 Montreux Volley Masters – "Best Blocker"
- 2018 South American Club Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 South American Club Championship – "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2020 South American Club Championship – "Best Blocker"
- 2021 FIVB Nations League - "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2020 Tokyo Olympics 2020 - "Best Blocker"
- 2021 South American Championship – "Best Blocker"
Clubs
- 2004–05 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Finasa/Osasco
- 2005–06 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-up, with Finasa/Osasco
- 2006–07 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-up, with Finasa/Osasco
- 2008–09 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Rexona/Ades
- 2009–10 Brazilian Superliga – Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2010–11 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2011–12 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Vôlei Futuro
- 2015–16 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2017–18 Brazilian Superliga – Bronze medal, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2018–19 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2020–21 Brazilian Superliga – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2012–13 Azerbaijan Superleague – Runner-up, with Igtisadchi Baku
- 2009 South American Club Championship – Runner-up, with Unilever Vôlei
- 2018 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Camponesa/Minas
- 2019 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2020 South American Club Championship – Champion, with Itambé/Minas
- 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Runner-up, with Itambé/Minas
References
- ^ "Mundial de Vôlei: Perfil das jogadoras brasileiras" (in Portuguese). O Dia. October 30, 2006. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- "Volleyball de OLIVEIRA SAAD GATTAZ Caroline". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ "Perfil das campeãs da Copa Pan-Americana, em Porto Rico" (in Portuguese). Planeta Vôlei. July 7, 2006. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- "Grande Carol" (in Portuguese). IstoÉ. Archived from the original on July 15, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- "Brazilians arrive for World Cup challenge". 2007 FIVB World Cups Volleyball for Men and Women. October 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 17, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- ^ "Carol Gattaz se apresenta no Rexona-Ades" (in Portuguese). Planeta Vôlei. August 4, 2008. Archived from the original on August 23, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- "Superliga feminina 06/07: Finasa/Osasco vence a BrasilTelecom e é semifinalista" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Voleibol. March 7, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
- "Jogadoras de vôlei lésbicas protestam com humor no 'Sapabonde'". Extra. August 4, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- Outsports (July 12, 2021). "At least 180 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Outsports. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Carol Gattaz at Wikimedia Commons
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Preceded by Milena Rašić Foluke Akinradewo |
Best Middle Blockers of Olympic Games 2020 (with Haleigh Washington) |
Succeeded byIncumbent |
Preceded by Ana Beatriz Corrêa Haleigh Washington |
Best Middle Blockers of FIVB Nations League 2021 (with Eda Erdem Dündar) |
Succeeded by Jovana Stevanović Ana Carolina da Silva |
Brazil squad – 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil squad – 2007 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil squad – 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil women's volleyball squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Silver medal | ||
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Brazil squad – 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship – Silver medal | ||
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from São José do Rio Preto
- Brazilian people of Arab descent
- Brazilian women's volleyball players
- Middle blockers
- Brazilian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Azerbaijan
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
- Brazilian lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ volleyball players
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
- 21st-century Brazilian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen